I have heard that too and part of why I kept putting it off. First one was fine, hopefully lucky again when I get second one.
Covid still frolicking around
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I think it's still true that you won't get Shingles if you never had Chicken Pox, correct? If so, that might be the one thing I lucked out on.
That's not what I wanted to hear. My annual is next month and I'm sure that topic will be on the doc's agenda.
My uncle got it real bad a few years ago. Shingles vaccine was rough, but still waaaayyy better than getting shingles.
Had it.
It sucked.
Caught up on Mannix, Rockford Files, and Perry Mason.
The occasional episode of Emergency!.
So not a total loss.
It sucked.
Caught up on Mannix, Rockford Files, and Perry Mason.
The occasional episode of Emergency!.
So not a total loss.
I kept talking mine out of it cause I was getting either flu or tetanus and didn’t want to get two at once.
Of course, they quickly ran out of Covid shots in our county unless you didn’t have insurance, so I let a slick talking big city Walmart pharmacist talk me into three shots at once. Glad I did!
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My wife and I got the shingles vaccine a few years ago, had zero problems. Well, I blame a bit of fogginess on the first one for the fact I almost drove through a stop sign later that day, ( 
) but physically we were both fine.
) but physically we were both fine.
Pre vaccines huh? that’s pretty idiotic to have a wedding especially with elderly in attendance if it was inside and their wasn’t frequent testing. Sorry to hear about your son.
Ive been congested all summer. Only relief I get is when the temp drop to cool/cold. Humidity anhialates me with ragweed and whatnot on top of it.
Cave beefs spill out sometimes. Just have to ignore it and move on.
Many remember my bout with it as I was hospitalized for 5 days in January 2021. I was in the hospital when ISU wbb beat Mulkey's baylor team in but wasn't able to watch it because I was so doped up on medication.
I had a very mild case back in mid-March 2020 when things started going down. Never got a test due to their unavailability but was positive for ABs in May and for a long while.
Was actually positive for ABs at the Red Cross the day before my first shot which was almost a year later.
I'm a little surprised I haven't gotten it again but I was also social distancing and limiting my interactions with other people before it was cool and have only continued that trend.
Was actually positive for ABs at the Red Cross the day before my first shot which was almost a year later.
I'm a little surprised I haven't gotten it again but I was also social distancing and limiting my interactions with other people before it was cool and have only continued that trend.
Yep, October 2020. Tried to talk son out of doing it. He’s more than paid the price for not listening to me. Fortunately one of the other groomsmen and him kind of took care of each other and he took son to ER when he couldn’t even keep down a sip of water.
My grandmother would talk all the time about how her brother was a badass WW2 infantryman and how attacked he was and what he survived but how shingles almost took him down later in life. She would always describe how shocked she was seeing him because she knew his pain threshold was incredibly high.
@cowgirl836 one way to check is to get a titers test. If you have had it, your levels are generally higher and hold much longer than the shot. They used to do them when I gave blood/plasma but quit doing that.
That was how I found out I had Covid at least twice (no symptoms) because my titers went up.
Yep. Titer used to be included in Liferserve's blood donation portal information. I think it stopped at end of 2021?
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